Our next book we will review in the Horus Heresy series is Liber Questoris.
This Liber covers both Knights and Titans, alongside some ground troops and others which we will come to in due course.
This Liber covers both Knights and Titans, alongside some ground troops and others which we will come to in due course.
We will start with the Knights themselves and in the article have a look at both army construction and Familia that we can give to the Knights.
Knight households are an entirely different kind of army to regular space marines or the Imperial army. The first choice that a player faces is what Questoris Familia to declare themselves for. There are three choices: Imperialis, Machanicum, or Mendicant (which is to say: freeblades). These give different Tactica, Vows, and Advanced Reactions.
Imperial House (Warpstone Flux rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 stars) gives you a Baronial Court which provides a free Mesnie Detachment, and removes the 0-1 restriction for Lord Scions. Their vow (more on this another day) is Dominion which gets you more victory points the first time you score with Vanguard (this is good!). The advanced reaction is Rallying Call which allows army wide repair rolls (this is excellent).
Mechanicum Vassals (Warpstone Flux rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars) gives a free automat talon, removes the 0-1 Preceptor limit, and gets +2 victory points the first time you score thanks to the vow. Their advanced reaction is rad purge which is strong thanks to poisoned 2+ and phage on toughness. Nice for clearing out a zone around you.
The Freeblade Company (Warpstone Flux rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 stars) gives free Armiger talon and you get free household rank prime advantages as if everyone had a prime slot. If you win combat first, then you also get +2 victory points as part of your vow of belligerence which encourages strong close combat play. The advanced reaction is Valorous End which is a bit of a Pyrrhic victory moment. Explode yourself and roll 6's as part of that explosion. Might be useful.
Army construction is also modified here as you might imagine. Sure, you can still take a Knight as a Lords of War choice, but you can also field dedicated detachments which is easier to show in the image below (reproduced here under fair use).
We have 4 knights as the core Knight household detachment, and other additional detachment which are dependent on you prime advantage selections. We shall look at household ranks in the next article.
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